The well-known Russian misinformation operation is again aimed at the first lady of Ukraine, Olen Zelensk, spreading false accusations that she tried to escape to Europe due to “tense relations” with her husband, Volodimir Zelensky.
There is no truth behind these statements, and there is evidence that they are part of a coordinated and supported misinformation operation.
Earlier this week, a fake video on X and Telegram with a BBC logo appeared, which describes the alleged unsuccessful escape of Zelensky and has since been distributed to Tiktok and Facebook.
In the video disconnected, the video falsely states that Zelensk plans to escape to an unidentified European country for “six months” and was detained by Ukrainian security services after their plans were moved.
The video was manipulated to simulate the BBC image.
Shayan Sardarizade, senior journalist from the BBC facts verification service, said in Publication in x that “Bi -Bi -x has never published this video.”
He added that the manipulated video was the work of the “well -known Russian misinformation operation”, which uses the “logo and the sign of the main media to publish fake videos that depreciate Ukraine.”
EuroWerify has already discovered, in the past, Similar fraudulent videos With the Euronews logo.
Our checkers of facts also accompanied the activities Doppelgänger campaignIt is supported by Moscow, which cloth media sites of famous social networks, buying such areas and imitating their presentations and style.
The Center for the fight against misinformation of Ukraine, a government agency also discovered the false British pages of newspapers, with such names as “Where is Olena Zelensk?”
Once again, the images were manipulated, and this content was never published by the media under consideration.
Allegations related to a well -known misinformation operation
Fake video bi -bi -s First shared by the account accounting record It was called the “Peacemaker” and during the publication of this article was already noticed 500,000 times.
It is known that an account in which there are about 40,000 subscribers, actual checks and systematically exchange unreasonable statements about the war in Ukraine.
In the past,EuroWerify exposed a similar misinformation separated by the same account as Unreasonable allegations that Zelensk spent 4.5 million euros on Bugatti during a visit to Paris.
Despite the documented evidence that the account is part of the Russian disinformation campaign, including investigation From BBC in July last year, the account remains active in X.
Also with blue control signs indicating that it is part of the premium subscription to the platform.
The blue seal was a historically sign that the account was wonderful or genuine.
EUROWERIFY contacted the X Press team to find out what measures are taken to combat misinformation so glaring in these accounts, but have not yet received an answer.